# 2004–05 Parma FC season

Parma Football Club only just survived a horror Serie A season for the club, in which the cash-strapped club went from Champions League contenders to relegation strugglers, only surviving thanks to a spareggio victory against Bologna. With lethal striker Alberto Gilardino leaving the club for Milan and goalkeeper Sébastien Frey for Fiorentina, the future looked bleak, especially given that several clubs had accumulated more than 40 points in the 2004–05 season. On a positive note, Parma reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, where it drew 0–0 to CSKA Moscow, before finally losing 3–0 in Russia.

## First-team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cardone |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo (on loan from Roma) |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera |
| 6 | MF | COL | Jorge Bolaño |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Renato Olive |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Domenico Morfeo |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Matteo Contini |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Filippo Savi |
| 17 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Frey |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Francesco Ruopolo |
| 19 | FW | ITA | Andrea Pisanu |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mark Bresciano |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Alex Gibbs |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Tonino Sorrentino |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro |
| 29 | DF | GUI | Ibrahima Camara |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Vince Grella |
| 37 | GK | ITA | Luca Bucci |
| 40 | FW | ITA | Fabio Vignaroli (on loan from Modena) |
| — | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena |
| — | MF | ITA | Davide Furlan |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Berti (to Torino) |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Ianis Zicu (on loan from Inter Milan) |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Budel (on loan from Milan) |
| 9 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone (on loan from Middlesbrough) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | FW | ITA | Daniele Degano (to Piacenza) |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Rosina (on loan to Verona) |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Gaetano Grieco (to Foggia) |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza (on loan from Inter Milan) |

### Reserve team

    The following players did not appear for the first team this season.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 00 | GK | USA | James Sisouphanh |
| 16 | GK | ITA | Fabio Virgili |
| 22 | GK | ITA | Giordano Vanin |
| 25 | DF | ITA | Alberto Galuppo |
| 31 | GK | ITA | Alfonso De Lucia |
| 34 | MF | ITA | Federico Ranieri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | DF | ITA | Marco Rossi |
| 38 | FW | ITA | Niccolò Morsia |
| 39 | MF | ITA | Vincenzo Pepe |
| 41 | MF | ITA | Luka Sikur |
| 45 | MF | ITA | Leonardo Bianchi |

## Results
### Serie A
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Chievo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 43 | |
| 16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 42 | |
| 17 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 42 | Relegation tie-breaker |
| 18 | Bologna (R) | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 42 | Serie B after tie-breaker |
| 19 | Brescia (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 41 | Relegation to Serie B |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 May 2005. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 13 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches
### UEFA Cup
#### First round
#### Final phase
##### Round of 32
##### Semi-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Serie A | Serie A | Coppa Italia | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ITA | Gianluca Berti | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | FRA | Sébastien Frey | 41 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 37 | GK | ITA | Luca Bucci | 9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ITA | Stefano Bettarini | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ITA | Giuseppe Cardone | 25 | 3 | 15+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Cesare Bovo | 42 | 2 | 31+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ITA | Daniele Bonera | 47 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ITA | Matteo Contini | 41 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ITA | Damiano Ferronetti | 15 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ITA | Paolo Cannavaro | 43 | 1 | 24+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | GUI | Ibrahima Camara | 19 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza | 21 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | COL | Jorge Bolaño | 31 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ROU | Ianis Zicu | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Budel | 18 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ITA | Renato Olive | 9 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ITA | Domenico Morfeo | 36 | 8 | 27+5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ITA | Filippo Savi | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Andrea Pisanu | 30 | 4 | 15+3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8+2 | 3 |
| 20 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Rosina | 19 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | AUS | Mark Bresciano | 46 | 3 | 33+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | BRA | Fábio Simplício | 46 | 4 | 33+3 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ITA | Marco Marchionni | 32 | 6 | 22+2 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 2 |
| 33 | MF | AUS | Vince Grella | 35 | 0 | 19+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Daniele Dessena | 11 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | MF | ITA | Davide Furlan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ITA | Massimo Maccarone | 12 | 2 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | ITA | Alberto Gilardino | 48 | 25 | 38+1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3+5 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | ITA | Daniele Degano | 4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ITA | Francesco Ruopolo | 21 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ITA | Gaetano Grieco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ITA | Alex Gibbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ITA | Tonino Sorrentino | 8 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ITA | Fabio Vignaroli | 22 | 0 | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Last updated: 31 June 2005 Source: Matches

### Goalscorers

| Place | Position | Name | Serie A | Playoff | Coppa Italia | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Alberto Gilardino | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | MF | Domenico Morfeo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | Marco Marchionni | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Fábio Simplício | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Andrea Pisanu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Mark Bresciano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | Giuseppe Cardone | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Cesare Bovo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | Massimo Maccarone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Paolo Cannavaro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Tonino Sorrentino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Alessandro Budel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Daniele Degano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 48 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 62 |